Nathan thompson



@einen tatrs atat @fitte IMPROVED MODE OI' CLOSING THE MOUTHS OI' BOTTLES, JARS, AND OTHER VESSELS.

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'ro ALL 'ro when .rr wir eos-'omen De it known that I, iAtiI sex, Ilngland, a cilixen of the .l'A o urif ol" 'l5 Abbey Gardens, St. Johns Wood, in the county ot' Middlenited i* aie-1 ot' America, have invented or discovered nonv and useful Improvements in Means or Apparatus for (fleeing the iiouths ot' Bottles, Jars, and other Vesselsf and I, the said Na'rlm T11tili1SoX, do herehy declare th i nature ot' the said invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly deserihed and ascertained in and bythe following statement thereof, that is to say:

For this purpose I form or tix oa the neel( of a bottle, jar, or other vessel, two or more lugs or projections; and to such ings or projeetitnis I connect, by pin-joint eriother equivalent means, cams, cccentrics, or pressingpieccs; and I prefer to connect two of such cams, eecentries, or pressing-pieces together by a metal handle et' a semicircular form. The stopper i i'ornied of aplate of' metal or other suitable material, lined onits under side with corlt' or other .suitable yielding material; and partly around the neck of the bottle, jar, or other vessel, I form or ,atiix a rim or projection for. the purpose of guiding the stopper to its correct position.

In closing the mouth of a bottle, jar, or other vessel, thestopper is placed in position under the cams, cceentrics, or presi. it-pieces, wl ich, at such time, are in position to admit of so doing, the handle or handles `thereof being in a vertical. position or approaching thereto. Such handle er handles are then depressed until they lie close to the month of the bottle, jar, or other vessel, when the stopper willbc suitably pressed thereto, in which position the handlers have a tendency to remain until force is appliodthereto rto raise them. By these means a secure stepping of such month is elected. Anil in order that my invention may be more fully understood and readily carried into eileet, I will proceed, aided by the accompanyingdrawings, more fully to describe the saine.

Figure 1 is a vertical section oi' a portieri of a bottle with my improvements applied thereto,vand showing the-mouth thereof' iirmly closed.

Figure 2 is a iside View thereof, with the parts `in a similar position.

Figure 3 is a section thereof, showing the stopper removed.

l'gure'fi is a plan thereof, and

Figures 5 and G are scparutcfvicws oi' the stopper.

a (t is the neck of a bottle, having a ring, la, fixed thereto by cement or other suitable means. On such ring are formed lugs or projections b, and a rim, ZF, serving as a guide to enable the stopper c to be correct-ly placed in position. 'Ilo the lugs or projections bl are connected, by pin-joii'it, cams, eecontrics, or pressing-pieees cl, of which, as shown in the drawings, for small vessels, I prel`er to employ two, connected together by asenticireular handle, df. The stopper t: is, as shown, lined on the under side with eorli or other suitable yielding material, suitably" cemented or otherwise fastened thereto,

When itis desired to close the month of a bottle, jar, or other vessel having my improvements applied thereto, the handle d is raised into the position shown atiig. i3, thereby turning the cams, eeeentrics, or pressing-.pieces t? on their centres oi` motion, to enable the stopper c to be readily place'd in position under them. The handle d is then turned down into the position shown at 1, 2, and 4, when the mouth of the bottle,

jar, or other vessel, will be securely closed, the handle d', by tl e form of the cams, eecentrics, or pre pieces, lla-ving, a tendency to remain in this pos' 'on until force is applied to raise it. 'io remove the stopper e, the handled" is raised to relieve the stoppt-r from the pressure of the Panis, eccentrics, or pressing-pieces J, when the stopper e ina-y be readily removed.

Although, in the drawing, I have shown my improvements applied to the neel-i ot' a bottle, jar, or other vessel, by beingl cemented or otherwise 'fastened thereto, I would have it understood that, in some eases, I form the parts i, Il', and upon the noch ei" the ross eccentrica, or pr el, and in one piece therewith; and although only two cams, ing-pieces are shown, other numbers may be emphiyed, as will be readily understood. Having, thus described the nature ot' my invention, and the mode in which I carry the same into eil`ect, I 'would have it und toed that I do not coniine myself' to the precise details herein shown and described, so long as the peculiar character ot'any invention he retained; but what I do claim, it@

1'. The combination yand arrangement et' means or apparatus for closing themonths oi' bottles, jars, :ind

other vessels, s bstantially in the manner herein shown and described; and

I Clainrthe employment oi' cams, ecccntrics, or n'essing-pieces d, acting to p\l the stopper r: firmly to the noch ofthe bottle, jar, or other vessel, so as to close the mouththereof, substantiallv in the manner herein shown and described.

NA'LHAN THOMPSON. Witnesses:

F. S. llnxwicu, Hilmar B. ti-:Nwic'nz 

